Stop-cock



"UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEioE.

THOMAS DANIELS, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

STOP-COCK.

Specification of Letters Patent No.

7b all 'whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, THOMAS DENIELs, of Toledo, in the county of Lucasand State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement inStop-Cocks or Faucets; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

In drawing soda water it is very important to have the syrups andcarbonio acid water discharged as cold as possible. For this purpose itis necessary that the discharge pipes should not extend far from therefrigerator and that these several pipes should be as compact aspossible, in order to prevent the warming of the liquids before theyreach the place of discharge. To accomplish this object I have arrangedthe syrup pipes into a compact group embraced in a single finishedsilvered or ornamented tube having several valves or stop cocks embracedin a group and operated with the same conveni-ence as a single faucet.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l, is a front view of my groupfaucet or group stop cock. Fig. 2, is a side elevation of the sameshowing the position of the inlet pipes. Fig. 3, is a verticallongitudinal section through the center of my group stop cock separatedfrom the stand shown in Figs. l, and 2.

In the accompanying drawings A represents a stand for supporting thegroup stop cock, but this stand is no part of my invention as inpractice the stop cock is usually soldered to a metallic urn whichserves as a refrigerator for coolingboth the syrups and the carbonioacid water as they are drawn.

The number of the syrup tubes D, E, F, G, etc., Fig. 2, may be variedaccording to the number of different syrups desired to be used. Thesetubes are all inclosed in a larger tube B which has a transversepartit-ion where the tubes terminate and empty into a chamber yet to bedescribed.

The two larger tubes B and B, are connected by a joint Z), Fig. 3, thetwo tubes being held together by a rod or tube c, having a screw nut c.At this oint L, the tubes B and B have transverse partitions providedwith holes corresponding to the tubes D, E, F, G, said tubes beinginserted into the holes of the said partition in B and a 27,112, datedFebruary 14, 1860.

packing e, Fig. 3, of india rubber being in serted around the tubes D,E, F, G, etc. to form a tight joint. The tube B, is closed at one end bythe removable cap I-I, and this tube has a transverse partition K.Between this partition K and the perforated partition or disk I is acommon chamber L, into which the Syrups flow through valves M, thesyrupbeing discharged from said chamber through tube C. The 'several valvesM, are inserted into valve seats made in disk I, the numbercorresponding to the number of small tubes'. These valves are supportedon the valve stems m, and drawn into their seats, (in the directioninwhich the syrups flow) by means of springs S. The valves are opened bythe pressure of the hand upon the handles or thumb-pieces, O, P, Q, etc.Fig. l. These valves may be-made of metal, though I prefer capping themetallic plug by a piece of india rubber tube 2'.

The carbonio acid water Hows along the tube D, into the tube W, and isdischarged through tube X. The pressure of the water upon the valve intube D, is much greater than the pressure of the syrup in the othertubes. This pressure of the water often amounts to 200 lbs. or 300 tothe square inch, so that it is difficult to operate the water valve`inthe manner that the syrup valves are operated. On this account I havearranged a lever T', upon this lower valve stem in order to facilitatethe operation of the water valve. By means of this lever a slightpressure upon the handle or thumb piece T, will displace or push openthe water valve thus preventing the too rapid discharge of the water, orany tremulous motion of the valve-in fact giving a person perfect andeasy control of the water valve.

The water valve stem instead of having a stufiing boX is provided withal rubber packing to prevent the escape of the water near the hand asshown in Fig. 3, at Y.

Although all the Syrups are successively discharged through the commonchamber L, and tube or spout C, I find by experience that the differentSyrups do not mix so as to offer any objection to this arrangement. Themoment employed for drawing the carbonic acid water, after each drawingof syrup, gives time sufiicient to drain off one kind of syrup so thatanother syrup may be immediately drawn without mixing the Vlos two,though ten glasses be drawn in a minute.

By this construction of stop cock soda water can be drawn very rapidlyand conveniently. It is not necessary for the operator to move from hisplace or to move the tumbler after drawing the syrup before drawing thecarbonic acid water. The tubes being all grouped together and the cockinserted into anl urn or refrigerator the whole stop cock is kept verycold. And as the chamber L, and spout C, are in common use for all thesyrups these parts are kept very cold so that soda water may reach thetumbler icy cold. The Water tube or spout AX, is Surrounded by a coldjacket consisting of the syrup spout C.

All the parts of my stop cock are very durable and those parts mostliable to wear are capable of being inspected and repaired.

Considering the number of tubes employed for syrup my group stop cock isvery cheaply made there being comparatively little finishing. The wholearrangement is very convenient to operate and there is but little eX-penditure of ice for keeping the grouped tubes cool, these tubes beingvery short from the refrigerator to the chamber L, of the stop cock. Y

I do not herein claim kthe above described valve, cappped with a pieceof india rubber tube but I intend to make a separate application for apatent for said invention.

I am aware that devices have been constructed for discharging severalfluids from the same orifice or spout or through a single faucettherefore I confine my invention to the improvements above described andherein claimed.

Having thus fully described my invention7 what I claim and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

The arrangement of the several syrup and water tubes provided with thevalves as shown in combination with the common discharge chamber L, andtube C, substantially as set forth for the purposes described.

TI-IOS. DANIELS. Witnesses:

S. MARSH, E. S. HANKS.

